Metro Vancouver events on December 15, 2018

Christmas at Canada Place

Capture the spirit of the season with Christmas at Canada Place presented by the Port of Vancouver. Experience the nostalgic tradition of the Woodward’s Windows, Canada’s North light display, the Sails of Light, and the festive Avenue of Trees

Vancouver | Canada Place | 8:00 am to 11:00 pm | Family | Free

Breakfast with Santa. Newton

Take your picture with Santa and join him for breakfast and a variety of Christmas themed activities!

Surrey | Newton Recreation Centre | 9:30 am to 11:00 am | Family

Breakfast with Santa. Whalley

Take your picture with Santa and join him for breakfast and a variety of Christmas themed activities!

Surrey | Bridgeview Community Centre | 9:30 am to 11:30 am | Family

Historic Fort Langley’s Christmas in the Village Cruise

Celebrate the Holidays with a Fort Langley Historic Cruise … journey back through time in Canadian History! - Hot Turkey Lunch with all the trimmings! & visit Fort Langley’s “Christmas in the Village” Festival Market

New Westminster | Paddlewheeler Riverboat Tours | 9:30 am to 5:00 pm | Party

Fort Langley Christmas Market

Get in your last minute Christmas shopping at this fantastic event! There will be pictures with Santa, entertainment and some phenominal vendors

Langley | Fort Langley Community Hall | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Market

Winter Gift Gallery

Meet the artists and enjoy homemade holiday baking We have assembled a wonderful group of artists to help inspire your holiday shopping.

North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Christmas in the Village of Fort Langley

"Christmas In the Village" of Fort Langley announces our 2018 Festival Market dates

Langley | Fort Langley Community Hall | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Market

Holiday Pizza Making Parties

Tis the season to celebrate with friends, family & coworkers. We have two great holiday menu options

Vancouver | Rocky Mountain Flatbread | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine

Saturday Morning Brunch Cartoons - Futurama

Why have a regular ol' brunch when you could have an amazing brunch accompanied by your favourite cartoons!

Vancouver | Storm Crow Alehouse | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Food / Wine

Vancouver Christmas Market

A beloved holiday tradition for locals and visitors alike, the Vancouver Christmas Market returns to its expansive seaside home at Jack Poole Plaza (home of the Olympic Cauldron)

Vancouver | Vancouver Christmas Market | 11:30 am to 9:30 pm | Family

Syrus Marcus Ware's 2068: Touch Change Exhibition

Beginning 50 years in the future, this new exhibition by Toronto-based artist Syrus Marcus Ware proposes an archive whose ‘holdings’ act as a meeting ground for artists and activists across time and space

Vancouver | grunt gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Annual Anonymous Art Show

The North Vancouver Community Arts Council & CityScape Community Art Space are very excited to announce the 14th Annual Anonymous Art Show

North Vancouver | CityScape Community Art Space | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Clown Gym - Work it Out

This Is For Conditioning! Work Your Clown Muscles! Get Your Weekly Work Out Play Out Here With Us

Vancouver | Dusty Flower Shop | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Comedy

Kameelah Janan Rasheed

The Contemporary Art Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in Canada by Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist, writer and educator Kameelah Janan Rasheed

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

2018 Heritage Christmas

Join us for some old-fashioned fun and spectacular light displays!

Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

Holiday Baking Time by Presentation House Theatre

Follow our favourite doughy characters through holiday baking mischief. Bun and Bap invite young audience members to become bakers and join in the sugary joy

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 1:00 pm to 2:20 pm | Theatre

Metro’s Traditional Christmas Pantomime King Arthur's Court

Something Familiar… Something Peculiar… Something For Everyone… A Pantomime Tonight

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

North Vancouver Community Players: Treasure Island By Peter Zednik

Festive Family Fun written and directed by Peter Zednik, High jinks on the high seas! Help our hero Jim Hawkins race Long John Silver to the secret treasure

North Vancouver | Theatre at Hendry Hall | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre

Vagabond Players: Little Red Riding Hood By Alex Ross & Jeremy Heynen

Little Red is going to visit her sick Grandmother but it's going to take an adventure through the river and over the woods to get there... or something like that

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Arts Club Theatre Company - Blind Date

Starring Tess Degenstein. One actor. One audience member. One blind date.

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre

The Arts Club Theatre Company. Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley

The festive Pride and Prejudice follow-up

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre

Theatre Replacement. East Van Panto: Wizard of Oz

Poor Dorothy! When a pipeline bursts, Dorothy and Toto are flung to the magical Land of Oz, aka Nanaimo and Hastings

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

The Arts Club Theatre Company: Disney's Beauty and the Beast

The beloved fairy-tale musical. Discover the magic behind the castle walls in this brilliant adaptation of the Academy Award–winning animated film

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre

Diwali in BC - Bombay Black By Anosh Irani

The lives of an Indian exotic dancer and her embittered mother are altered when a blind stranger visits them. Poetic, mythic, and brave, Anosh Irani’s 2006 multiple Dora Award-winning Bombay Black is a searing play set in the bitter reality of India

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre

North Vancouver Community Players: Treasure Island

Festive Family Fun written and directed by Peter Zednik, High jinks on the high seas! Help our hero Jim Hawkins race Long John Silver to the secret treasure

North Vancouver | Theatre at Hendry Hall | 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Theatre

Lights at Lafarge 2018

It's back! Metro Vancouver’s largest, free outdoor lights display at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park kicks off

Coquitlam | Lafarge Lake | 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family | Free

Anna Wyman Winter Concert of Dance 2018

Annual winter dance performance.

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Performing Arts

VanDusen Festival of Lights

Experience a magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating 15 acres of VanDusen Botanical Garden

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

2018 Light Display

Make sure to come out December 1st for the first night of lights and bring your family and friends

Surrey | 15499 22ave | 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

Charity Christmas Lights 2018

The Christmas Lights for Charity will be illuminated and 100% of both the cash and food donations go in support of the Harvest Project, Shriners Care for Kids and BC Epilepsy Society

North Vancouver | Skyline Drive | 5:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

East Van Panto: Wizard of Oz

Poor Dorothy! When a pipeline bursts, Dorothy and Toto are flung to the magical Land of Oz, aka Nanaimo and Hastings

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Eagle Eyes - Please Come Home for Christmas

The Eagles are one of the world's best-selling bands, having sold more than 150 million records

White Rock | Blue Frog Studios | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

A Charlie Brown Holiday Double Bill by Carousel Theatre for Young People

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Christmas on stage together in a double bill Recommended for Ages 3 yrs and older. Great for the whole family!

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Kids

Carol Ships Shore Side Celebration

Visit the shores of beautiful Deep Cove this holiday season where we'll be gathering in Panorama Park to watch the Carol Ships sail by

North Vancouver | Panorama Park | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family | Free

Graham Clark's Quiz Show

Award winning comedian Graham Clark hosts Graham Clark’s Quiz Show at the Fox Cabaret! This comedy show cherry picks the best segments of game shows, plus a few new favourites, and presents them all in one bizarre event!

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Craft and the Furious: Tokyo Stitch

Are your favorite things Crafts, Comedy, and a movie franchise that's basically people with muscles, who's superpower is that they're good with cars? Even if only one of these is your jam, you'll have a fun weird time at Little Mountain Gallery

Vancouver | Little Mountain Gallery | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

From New York: Peter Bernstein

One of this generation's finest guitarists. Jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989.

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Vagabond Players: Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red is going to visit her sick Grandmother but it's going to take an adventure through the river and over the woods to get there... or something like that

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Ron Reed

A magical re-imagining of C.S. Lewis’s classic tale of hope, change, and sacrifice in a world where it is always winter and never Christmas

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Arts Club Theatre Company: Blind Date

Starring Tess Degenstein. One actor. One audience member. One blind date.

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley

The festive Pride and Prejudice follow-up

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

Diwali in BC - Bombay Black By Anosh Irani

The lives of an Indian exotic dancer and her embittered mother are altered when a blind stranger visits them. Poetic, mythic, and brave, Anosh Irani’s 2006 multiple Dora Award-winning Bombay Black is a searing play set in the bitter reality of India

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

The beloved fairy-tale musical. Discover the magic behind the castle walls in this brilliant adaptation of the Academy Award–winning animated film

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

Jake's Gift by Evergreen Cultural Centre

A multi-award winning Canadian play about a World War II veteran’s reluctant return to Normandy, France, for the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Comedy Basement Showcase Saturdays - Stand-up Comedy Pro/Am

The Comedy Basement Saturday Showcase features a new and specially curated lineup of Vancouver's funniest pro & up-and-coming stand-up comedians every Saturday night at Goldies Pizza!

Vancouver | Comedy Basement at Goldies | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy

The Dirty Betty Show! - The Nutcracker edition!

This holiday season The Dirty Betties will crack you and your nuts up! Join us for our monthly show at Little Mountain Comedy Department

Vancouver | Little Mountain Comedy Departmen | 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Comedy